The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) is to team up with Trading Standards in a pilot campaign based in Cardiff this summer.
One thousand companies in the Welsh capital are due to be sent advice on how to achieve compliance followed up by visitors from Trading Standards.
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Microsoft has always led the field in software asset management and license compliance from a software vendor perspective and their latest offering consolidates this position.
Their SAM Optimization Model, announced at their Worldwide Partner Conference in Houston this week, offers...
The Pareto principle can usually be applied to mitigating the risks associated with software.
That is, 80% of the headaches, compliance issues and financial risk of software can be reduced by targeting 20% of your software vendor portfolio. I expect that this is not an approach...
Microsoft have released a new Software Asset Management case study for the Bowmer and Kirkland Group, a 1,600 employee construction and development company based in Belper, UK.
The group has started to benefit from a clearer view of their licensing position, slicker processes and...
HP announced yesterday the release of RFID functionality into it’s hardware. Those customers using an HP RFID solution can take advantage of greater asset visibility and physical location tracking of HP hardware.
Commenting on the service, John Fontenalla, vice president, AMR...
It seems The Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) has still not solved it’s life long identity crisis. John Lovelock, chief executive of FAST, now claims that FAST will now serve to “bridge the gap between software vendors and users”.
With many software vendors...
CA are planning 8 new and updated Compliance and Risk modules to their Enterprise IT Management portfolio. Of particular interest is their new ‘Software Compliance Manager’ which will allow organisations to manage the risks associated with software assets. This module...
Express Metrix have picked up the 2008 CODiE award for “Best Asset Management Solution”. The award was based on “the solution that best audits and managed software audits”. Express Metrix beat off Centennial Software‘s SAM Suite, Dell (ASAP Software)’s ...
An interesting new concept from Paglo who are turning conventional IT Asset Management Reporting on it’s head by offering a “Search Engine for IT”. The California based startup is offering “inventory management, network management and software audits of IT...
According to the BSA the UK Piracy rate dropped 1% to 26% in 2007.
The BSA claims “The reduction follows significant investment by the BSA in both education and enforcement programmes over the last year in the UK. These include the launch of a dedicated, regional programme,...